Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Love That Dog!

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Old Yeller by Fred Gibson

Sounder by William H. Armstrong

Marley and Me by John Grogan

A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin

A Dog So Small by Philippa Pearce

Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight

Dogtown by Katherine Applegate

Love That Dog! by Sharon Creech






Top Ten Lists from the Past about Love

♥♥♥Love Stories I Love♥♥♥

159 Love Books I Have Read

Romance Books I'd Recommend to People Who Don't Like Romance Books 

Best Love Stories in Books You'd Never Call Romance Novels 

Eleven Favorite Love Stories in Books





Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.     



  
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

My Favorite Children's Stories about Animal Companions

I've been trying to read all 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up for about twenty years, and I've managed to read 799 of the books on the list thus far. 

A surprising number of these stories are about humans and their animal companions. I found forty.

What kinds of animal companions are in these stories? Almost half are about dogs (15). Horses are also popular (8). Three stories are about pigs. There are two stories about cats, two stories about bears, and two stories about wolves. And there is one story each about less common pets: a rat, a penguin, a crocodile, a monkey, a cricket, a donkey, a mouse, a lion, and a deer. 

Warning! Warning! Warning! These animals may or may not die by the end of the book.

Note: If you are looking for a good story for children with animals, you might like something I've listed below. 




Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant (dog)

That Pesky Rat by Lauren Child (rat)

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág (cats)


Lyle Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber (crocodile)

Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell (dog)

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion (dog)


Curious George by H. A. Rey (monkey)

Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day (dog) 

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (dog)


Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (horse)

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (dog)

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (dogs)


Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (dog)

Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight (dog)

The Red Pony by John Steinbeck (horse)


Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater (penguins)

Jock of the Bushveld by J. Percy FitzPatrick (dog)

A Cricket in Times Square by George Selden (cricket)

A Dog So Small by Philippa Pearce (dog)


Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (pig)

The Black Stallion by Walter Farley (horse)

A Pony for Jean by Joanna Cannan (horse)


Platero and I by Juan Ramón Jiménez (donkey)

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (mouse)

Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (horse)


Sounder by William H. Armstrong (dog)

War Horse by Michael Murpurgo (horse)

The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (bear)


Pit Pony by Joyce Barkhouse (horse)

Babe the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith (pig)

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford (two dogs and a cat)


The Call of the Wild by Jack London (dog)

The Peppermint Pig by Nina Bawden (pig)

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (wolves)


Gentle Ben by Walt Morey (bear)

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (dog)

The Lion by Joseph Kessel (lion)

My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara (horse)

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (deer)

White Fang by Jack London (wolf)


I hope that a great many of these are books that are familiar to you.

If not, it's never too late to read these.


Some of my animal posts from the past you might like to check out:

The Best Animal Stories

Best True Pet Books



Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.   


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Saturday, July 2, 2022

A Week at Home (for Once)...with Snakes

No traveling this week...for once...

Instead, I spent a lot of time swimming with friends at the pool, painting in preparation for new floors, sharing reptiles with children at the public library, and getting ready for the start of Paris in July. A good week.











My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir



Falling Up: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger 
Book Lovers by Emily Henry





Nana by Émile Zola
Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris by Georges Perec
The Martins by David Foenkinos, translated by Sam Taylor
Human Nature by Serge Joncour, translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
Lost and Found in Paris by Lian Dolan
Simple French Food by Richard Olney
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry





Last week I posted here at Readerbuzz:

Paris in July 2022: In Which I Plan Out My Month










It's mid-year. 
How am I doing on my 2022 yearlong challenges?

I'm ahead on the Nonfiction Reader Challenge.

I'm right where I should be on the Chapter-a-Day Challenge.

I'm a little behind in the Back to the Classics Challenge.


Summer is 1/3 over.
How am I doing on my summer 2022 challenges?

I'm ahead on the 20 Books of Summer.

I'm a little ahead on the Big Books of Summer.






Paris in July starts now! I am co-hosting Paris in July this year with the wonderful Tamara from Thyme for Tea.

The aim of the month is to celebrate our French experiences through reading, watching, listening, observing, cooking and eating all things French!

There are no rules or targets in terms of how much you need to do or complete in order to be a part of this experience – just blog about anything French and you can join in! Some ideas might include;

  • reading a French-themed book – fiction or nonfiction,
  • watching a French movie,
  • listening to French music,
  • cooking French food,
  • experiencing French, art, architecture, and travel
  • tasting French wine, or testing French cocktails
  • celebrating le quatorze juillet or Bastille Day
Whatever it is that you love about France---share it with us all! And pass the word...

Tamara's signup post is here.






Good Thing #1
Some of us from our naturalist group 
shared reptiles with children at the library this week.



Good Thing #2
We saw over 200 kids and their parents.



Good Thing #3
So much fun!







I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. Sunday Salon is a place to link up and to share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 


Some of the things we often talk about at the Sunday Salon:

  • What was your week like?
  • Read any good books? Tell us about them.
  • What other bookish things did you do? 
  • What else is going on in your life?

Other places where you may like to link up over the weekend are below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

My linkup for Sunday Salon is below. 

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